Inherit For Three Thousand Years

After Xiao Yao and the others sat down, there were still people coming to say hello. It wasn't until the auctioneer stepped onto the auction stage that it was completely quiet.

The first lot to be auctioned at an auction is usually carefully selected. The price may not be very expensive, but it must be an item that is currently popular in the market. Through the auction of this item, the atmosphere of the scene will be heated up.

After the auctioneer announced the start of the auction, what was pushed onto the auction stage was a gilt bronze statue of a seated Tianguan from the Ming Dynasty.

Xiao Yao has participated in many auctions, and he has developed a habit in the auctions, that is, no matter what items are up for auction, he must use his spiritual sense to search carefully, so as not to miss the treasure.

In this statue of a celestial official, the celestial official wears an official hat with hanging shoulders, an official robe with a jade belt, and official boots. Holding the dental board in both hands, sitting on the official chair, the figure is cast in bronze, except for the abdomen, both hands are gilded, with kind eyebrows and downcast eyes, with a peaceful expression, fine and smooth copper, thick patina, natural and smooth clothing patterns Flowing clouds and flowing water, comfortable and graceful, with elegant posture.

This statue of a heavenly official has fine craftsmanship, a long history, and a strong sense of art. It is also equipped with a mahogany official chair. It is definitely a rare and fine statue.

Xiao Yao admired the workmanship of this Tianguan statue, and it is definitely a rare masterpiece among similar items. It's a pity that this is just a good antique, not the cultivation material he most desires.

Therefore, he did not participate in the competition for this Tianguan statue, but just sat silently in his seat and enjoyed the lively scene of other people's bidding.

It is not an exaggeration to use the word lively to describe it. Tianguan seems to be a very good theme, with a very good meaning, and many people like it.

These people in the arena are basically not short of money. Many people want to win as long as they like it, no matter what the price is.

After fierce competition, the Tianguan statue was finally sold at a high price of 3.15 million yuan, nearly 300,000 yuan higher than the market price.

The transaction price was higher than the market price, and the most important thing was that the fierce competition for this Tianguan statue had heated up the atmosphere at the scene.

The second lot pushed to the auction block is a 13th-century bronze statue of Sakyamuni, which is still a highly sought-after antique in the market.

Xiao Yao released his consciousness again to investigate carefully.

This statue shows the ideal state of the Buddha image in Buddhist thought, Xiao Yao personally likes it very much.

This statue of Shakyamuni Buddha has a meditation seal in his left hand and a ground-touching seal in his right hand. He sits on a lotus platform with his legs full-legged, which is intended to show the Buddha's surrender to Mara on the Vajra Seat in Bodh Gaya and his attainment of enlightenment. for a moment.

Shakyamuni Buddha has a clear and introspective face, a tall and strong body, and the right-handed cassock is thin and close-fitting, reflecting his youthful body lines.

The whole image is made of fine alloy copper, with silver inlaid in the eyes, supplemented with red copper eye corners, and red copper lips, which makes the face of the Buddha more realistic and vivid. The superb craftsmanship and perfect artistry embodied in the statue are impressive. Praise, its style highlights the rich Tibetan local art features.

This Sakyamuni Buddha statue has a very high level of art, basically representing the highest level of Buddhist statue art in central Tibet in the 14th century.

The only regret is that although this is a rare antique, it is not the cultivation item that Xiao Yao most hopes to obtain.

This piece of auction was also sought after by everyone in the venue. After 13 rounds of bidding, it was photographed by an elderly rich man in his 60s at a high price of 3.45 million yuan.

The prices of the next five items that were put up for auction in succession were all relatively low, none of which could exceed 2 million yuan.

After sitting on the auction floor for nearly an hour, Xiao Yao never got anything.

Ten items were auctioned in succession, none of which were very expensive, and the final hammer price of the highest priced item was only 4.6 million.

After the end of these 10 lots, a more precious lot was finally ushered in.

This piece is a Chunfeng Deyi Cup made of rhino horn carved square pillars in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. The starting price is 11 million.

Since ancient times, people have regarded rhino horn as "the treasure of things" and "the treasure of the country". The rhinoceros is one of the huge and mighty beasts that modern people can see in nature. The ancients had the custom of worshiping the image of the rhinoceros, such as bronze casting and engraving on porcelain, etc. They believed that the rhinoceros can ward off evil spirits, suppress evil, Keep safe.

More importantly, rhino horn has the functions of detoxification, cooling blood, calming shock and nourishing, and is a rare and precious medicinal material. The ancients first used rhino horn cups to hold wine, and dissolved the medicinal active ingredients in the wine to achieve the purpose of fitness; and because of their rarity, rhino horn cups are highly respected.

"Hanshu" records "Nanyue King Zhao Tuo offered ten rhino horns to Emperor Wen"; "Warring States Policy · Chu Ce" said that the King of Chu "sent envoys with hundreds of chariots to offer the rhinoceros of chickens and the luminous jade to King Qin"; Taoist culture One of the Eight Treasures is the rhinoceros horn. Cups made from rhino horns existed as far back as the Qin and Han dynasties. Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, wealthy and official families were flourishing in extravagance.

This cup is a jue-style cup with a wide mouth, a bulging belly, a waist, and a flat bottom. The spotted rhinoceros is of great material, the color is like amber and slightly translucent, the inner wall is thinly embossed with a picture of the Canglong Jiaozi, and the surrounding is decorated with curly cloud patterns. The shape of the Chilong is vigorous and agile, which is a typical style of the Jiajing and Wanli periods. The cirrus cloud pattern is smooth and continuous, the wall and the outer wall are integrated, the outer wall is reduced to a deep relief of landscape figures, the mist is floating on the cliffs, there are many ancient pines and strange stones, the lone boat drifts in the gorge, and the pavilions of people and horses are interspersed. It means "the spring breeze is proud of the horseshoe disease, and you can see all the flowers in Yangzhou in one day", the picture is vivid, lively and cheerful, and the momentum is magnificent.

Between the plain walls, Bo Diyang Grammar is used to engrave cursive seven-character poems with a total of 56 characters. The calligraphy style is powerful and elegant; The creator is familiar with the gradual chromatic aberration of the rhinoceros horn, and skillfully arranges the scenery in a complex and undisturbed manner, making the picture rich in layers and dazzling; the meticulous and exquisite knife technique makes the spring flowers, weeping willows and flowing clouds vivid and lifelike.

Fang Zhushi should be Fang Hongzhai, a native of Yanjing in the Ming Dynasty, who became a monk. He is good at carving rhino horn and agate. He can take the end of rhinoceros horn to make fat scorpions, and the surroundings of the "Shan Zhuang Tu" are not diminished. He can also make agate bells and carve sixteen children on them, which is called a unique skill. At that time, many famous horn sculptors lived in the south of the Yangtze River, such as Bao Tiancheng in Suzhou, Zhou Wenshu in Nanjing, Jiang Lieqing in Changzhou, You Zhisheng in Wuxi, etc. Fang Hongzhai was the only expert in Yanjing. His rhino horn cup works have always been highly sought after by the market.

The price of a rhino horn cup with a weight of 450 grams is already extremely high. Coupled with the artistic bonus of the master carving, Xiao Yao estimates that the final auction price of this rhino horn cup is likely to exceed 15 million.

Originally, he thought it was just an ordinary rhinoceros horn cup, but after he habitually used his consciousness to inspect it carefully, surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes. div